We hope you have had a lovely holiday surrounded by the hope, joy, love, and peace of Christ. If you missed our Christmas services, check back this afternoon for the message video. This week, you will notice a brief break from posting on the blog. When we pick up next week, Pastor Aaron will lead […]
Merry Christmas! As I reflect on our Christmas Eve services this weekend, it was truly incredible. We welcomed over 6,800 people over the 6 services. Thank you for being part of our celebrations and giving so generously to the Christmas Eve Offering; an update is coming soon! I want to especially thank our talented ministry partners, […]
Have you ever wanted to see Living Word and the expansion from a bird’s eye view? One of our ministry partners captured this view from a recent Sunday morning and we want to share it with you! Don’t forget to bring a friend to church in the new year! This could be the beginning of […]
10 Things I Love About the Christmas Season by Lisa Long Anticipating Christmas. I love to read through a different Advent devotional each year. It really helps set the tone for the whole season. Watching Christmas movies with the family, even though they refuse to watch It’s a Wonderful Life with me! The Muppet Christmas Carol […]
Today, get to know the 7 favorite Christmas traditions and experiences of Adam Dacheux. The smell of a fresh cut pine tree in the house. Or in our case this year, a crooked parking lot pine tree. Never again. The seemingly endless flow of cookies and sweets. Hearing my favorite Christmas song, O Holy Night. […]
Today, get to know the 13 favorite Christmas traditions and experience by Jay Baer. Jay Baer, Pulse Director (Grades 7 & 8) and student::life Worship Director Christmas music on repeat from the moment the Macy’s Parade ends until well into January. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the form of a full orchestra, an electric […]
Today, we are happy to have another guest blogger in our new Christmas favorites series with Diana sharing the 10 things she loves most about the Christmas season. Diana Kleinmanns, Worship Leader Spending time with family. I don’t get to go home to New Jersey too often, so it’s always a sweet time when everyone […]
Can you believe that Christmas is only 1 week away?! Today we are starting a new blog mini-series called What I Love About Christmas, featuring a few staff members from Living Word. 9 Things I Love About the Christmas Season by Cass Delp, kid::life Director Spending time with family and catching up with those I don’t see […]
Christmas Eve is almost here. This year (as it happens every 7 years), Christmas Eve is on a Sunday. That makes this Christmas Eve weekend a little different. Here are a few things to consider. First, our Sunday morning services are going to be Christmas Eve services as well. It is just too hard to […]
I wanted to make it easy for you to watch (or re-watch) the Christmas Eve Offering videos. The first video explains where the global part of our Christmas Eve Offering will go. The second video describes the many local organizations we will help with this offering. Global Local Thanks for being a part of our […]